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outta

outta

167 9.0
A casual way to say out of, meaning to leave or to have none
  • adposition
  • /ˈaʊtə/
  • Informal
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  • "So there I was, alone in the desert," Barry continued, "and within two days I was outta water."
  • get outta here
  • outta here
  • gotta get outta

Hey man, we outta here for real?

Examples

  • We're running outta time.

    Jack Be Nimble (2022)

  • You must be the guy who pulled me outta there last night.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • You said you and I were gonna get outta town and, for once, just really let our hair down.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Get outta here.

    The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

  • The other man banged on the window and screamed, "Get outta the way, kid!"

    Fiction book (2000)

  • I need to get outta this room before the meeting starts.

  • They are planning to move outta the city next month.

  • She wants to get outta the house and enjoy some fresh air.

Antonyms

in
∞ 1.0

Inside a place or group

Idioms

outta here
  • Informal
156 9.9

To leave a place quickly, often suddenly

outta time
  • Informal
1 9.1

Having no time left to finish what you need

Surface Forms

outta main

Morphology

outta = (semi-transparent) = out + of

The meaning is directly derived from the phrase 'out of', but the colloquial phonetic reduction ('outta') alters spelling and pronunciation and may be opaque to learners unfamiliar with informal speech. [Postprocessing: moved 'out', 'of' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Outta is an informal spoken form of out + of ('out of'), used when people say the words quickly. So, when someone says they are outta here or outta milk, it simply means they are 'out of' the place or do not have something.